I would define boastfulness to be the pretension to good…

Anaximenes ... also says that the underlying nature is one and infinite ... but not undefined as Anaximander said but definite, for he identifies…

— Theophrastus

The man of petty ambition if invited to dinner will be eager to be set next his host.

— Theophrastus

True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation.

— Theophrastus

If you are an ignorant man, you are acting wisely; but if you have had any education, you are behaving like a fool.

— Theophrastus

Remember that life holds out many pleasing deceits to us by the vanity of glory; for that when we are beginning to live, then…

— Theophrastus

Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.

— Theophrastus

One may define flattery as a base companionship which is most advantageous to the flatterer.

— Theophrastus

Slovenliness is a lazy and beastly negligence of a man's own person, whereby he becomes so sordid as to be offensive to those about…

— Theophrastus

We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under…

— Theophrastus

Superstition would seem to be simply cowardice in regard to the supernatural.

— Theophrastus

Ah, yes, superstition: it would appear to be cowardice in face of the supernatural.

— Theophrastus

Alcmaeon was the first to define the difference between man and animals, saying that man differs from the latter in the fact that he…

— Theophrastus

Our costliest expenditure is time.

— Theophrastus

Love is the affection of a mind that has nothing better to engage it.

— Theophrastus

An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.

— Theophrastus